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weekend fix the budget that reduces the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years and that would take a grand bargain including spending cuts and additional revenues. would turn off the automatic spending cuts and sequestration for those 10 years. i remain hopeful we can develop such a bipartisan plan but absent a so-called grand bargain, surely we could devise a balanced deficit reduction package for one year that avoid sequestration in fy2014. we simply cannot continue to ignore the effects of sequestration. sequestration will have a major impact on military personnel. the pay of military personnel has been exempt it will ask them -- for troops including schools, military children, family support programs and transition assistance programs and mental health and other counseling programs. the president's budget request continues the measure drawdown of active duty and present and strength. we have in recent years given the department numerous force shaping authorities to allow us to reduce the debt strength in a responsible way, ensuring that the service maintains the proper enforcemen
weekend fix the budget that reduces the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years and that would take a grand bargain including spending cuts and additional revenues. would turn off the automatic spending cuts and sequestration for those 10 years. i remain hopeful we can develop such a bipartisan plan but absent a so-called grand bargain, surely we could devise a balanced deficit reduction package for one year that avoid sequestration in fy2014. we simply cannot continue to ignore the effects of...
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to make as to how we deal with the deficit. i think that when we lose $100 billion every single year because corporations stash their money in the cayman islands and in other tax havens, maybe we might want to ask them to start paying their fair share of taxes rather than cutting social security. but we have colleagues who are much more interested in the well-being and the profits of large corporations than they are in the needs of seniors. so those are some of my answers. mr. harkin: a couple of thoughts, i just say to my friend from vermont. those who say it is unconstitutional to do those things, i wonder if they ever read the preamble to the constitution, which is, by the way, a part of the constitution of the united states. we the people of the united states in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare. that's part of the constitution of the united states. so how we do that obviously can vary from time to time, generation
to make as to how we deal with the deficit. i think that when we lose $100 billion every single year because corporations stash their money in the cayman islands and in other tax havens, maybe we might want to ask them to start paying their fair share of taxes rather than cutting social security. but we have colleagues who are much more interested in the well-being and the profits of large corporations than they are in the needs of seniors. so those are some of my answers. mr. harkin: a couple...
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we are wrestling with this larges budget deficit. we know that there are management challenges and when you say o.m.b., it is office of management and budget. who is confirmed in this position is expected to ride herd, to oversee a group of team, a good team, that will focus on budget, thousand continue to rein in our budget deficit and bring it back to a more sustainable fiscal position for us and what is do we need to do on the management side to help hastening that day? we have across the federal government in this administration -- we had it in the bush administration, the last bush administration as well -- something i call executive branch swiss cheese. we've too many positions, senior positions in this administration. we had a uminfor number of theme last position. in some cases the administration has not vetted, nominated, and submitted names us to. in some conveyings we're not moving them very quickly thuns they have. there is a shared responsibility here. the administration -- in this case we haven't had a confirmed directo
we are wrestling with this larges budget deficit. we know that there are management challenges and when you say o.m.b., it is office of management and budget. who is confirmed in this position is expected to ride herd, to oversee a group of team, a good team, that will focus on budget, thousand continue to rein in our budget deficit and bring it back to a more sustainable fiscal position for us and what is do we need to do on the management side to help hastening that day? we have across the...
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so as much talk as there is right now about fiscal deficits, only let the world economy, it is perhaps part of future growth . the willingness to reciprocate and recognize the underlying the chances for prosperity. so the last they'll like to say, something a bit extraordinary. the catholic church, couple and their foreign. big changes. the world's most. the future, the future lies largely in the future of the church and the emerging markets. but as those in the catholic church and the images that come of the just of the emerging world so that we can all share in the futures. a muffled. [applause] >> how can you had the discipline and the clarity and a example i would use would be check, we don't trust them to keep the country afloat. we don't trust them to properly regulate. how do we maintain solid discipline free trade relations and support their growth, support our gross? >> as i think about that this get -- discipline plus clarity. the use the example of free trade discipline is the contrast of free trade means that we both imports and exports to prosper. we often fall. a tremendo
so as much talk as there is right now about fiscal deficits, only let the world economy, it is perhaps part of future growth . the willingness to reciprocate and recognize the underlying the chances for prosperity. so the last they'll like to say, something a bit extraordinary. the catholic church, couple and their foreign. big changes. the world's most. the future, the future lies largely in the future of the church and the emerging markets. but as those in the catholic church and the images...
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the administration said we reduced deficit by police $2.6. the president is responsible for all the policy enacted before when he was in office for the first two years. if you add back the money for the stimlis, the payroll tax holiday, the 24% increase in domestic spend. total deficit reduction when you net it out comes close to $5 billion. not the higher number. you have to add both sides. all of those savings have been signed to law. this is the second line on the chart. once you take out the baseline gains and add back nearly spending increase in the budget when the gimmick removed and spending counted. total deficit reduction comes to $1 19 billion. we see it as a disappointment. because it's a missed opportunity. we need a new floach washington to meet the most pressing challenges. that's what we are offering. we offer a plan to balance the budget in ten years which we think is a critical to growing a healthy economy. we extend opportunity for them. we guarantee we think we need to get back to work to repair the safety net there in a re
the administration said we reduced deficit by police $2.6. the president is responsible for all the policy enacted before when he was in office for the first two years. if you add back the money for the stimlis, the payroll tax holiday, the 24% increase in domestic spend. total deficit reduction when you net it out comes close to $5 billion. not the higher number. you have to add both sides. all of those savings have been signed to law. this is the second line on the chart. once you take out...
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doesn't have the effect of offsetting the deficit or making the deficit look smaller? >> i would have to go back and look at that. i am not sure of hand. the money segregated in a different account for the postal service but i have to check and give you a definitive answer. >> i believe it is interested and use that you would look at that because i think it is the disguise of the deficit, one of the reasons the postal service is seen as having to do, nobody else has to do and that is what i want to get to. is 75 years of refunding health care consider the best practice? >> the pre funding is considered a best practice. >> that was not my question. this is the only business and the only federal government that it -- >> actually the defense department is free funding. >> how much are they pre funding? >> they are pretending $150 billion. >> how much as the postal service refunded? >> i believe it is about 48 -- 43. >> would you recommend the federal government, why haven't you recommended to other federal agencies best practice, is this what we should be doing and if so
doesn't have the effect of offsetting the deficit or making the deficit look smaller? >> i would have to go back and look at that. i am not sure of hand. the money segregated in a different account for the postal service but i have to check and give you a definitive answer. >> i believe it is interested and use that you would look at that because i think it is the disguise of the deficit, one of the reasons the postal service is seen as having to do, nobody else has to do and that...
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you raise the age gradually 27862 thirds of the social security deficit. fix the remaining by testing the benefits. the president has occasionally sad he's for entitlement reform, but is not shown much leadership on this premise seems to benchmark per se, but any with him at least a 47 republican senators, we sat around a table that he and the vice president a year and half ago and i told them i think we should give people on both sides to essentially fix social security. .. into the federal employee benefits plan, federal health insurance plans so i said this is a democrat idea, this will be easy. i be easy. i will just go to john kerry and say let's use your idea and a friedel country but for senior citizens and let everybody of the federal employee health plan. i think the public would like it if they are still getting the same health plan is their congressman is and should be eminently sellable. similar to what paul ryan talks about give everybody the federal health employment plan. it saves 1 trillion over 10 years and actually according to our projec
you raise the age gradually 27862 thirds of the social security deficit. fix the remaining by testing the benefits. the president has occasionally sad he's for entitlement reform, but is not shown much leadership on this premise seems to benchmark per se, but any with him at least a 47 republican senators, we sat around a table that he and the vice president a year and half ago and i told them i think we should give people on both sides to essentially fix social security. .. into the federal...
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it's also not directed to where we really need to do to reduce the deficit. once again sequestration applies to discretionary spending primarily, it provides a fourth round of cuts, we've already had cuts over the last three years and for the agencies that are affected, it's equivalent to about a 10% cut. you can't do that without seriously affecting the mission of the agencies. and that is just wrong. and that's why i have said from the beginning, let's replace sequestration. well, march 1 came, sequestration came, people woke up the next day and said what's the big deal? well, we're finding out what the big deal is all about. we just heard from the budget of the f.a.a., the air traffic controllers, that because of sequestration they have little option, 85% of their proiption praitional budget is in personnel and air traffic controllers are most of the personnel. so therefore they've announced this have to furlough 11 days during the remainder of this fiscal year, and that comes out to about one furlough day over each work period. it's as much as a 10% reduc
it's also not directed to where we really need to do to reduce the deficit. once again sequestration applies to discretionary spending primarily, it provides a fourth round of cuts, we've already had cuts over the last three years and for the agencies that are affected, it's equivalent to about a 10% cut. you can't do that without seriously affecting the mission of the agencies. and that is just wrong. and that's why i have said from the beginning, let's replace sequestration. well, march 1...
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how do we do the deficit reconstruction. how do we do the tough stuff. let level the playing field, let's make this responsive to the main stream businesses every day. struggle and simply asking for justice. they're simply asking for equity. i yield the floor. >>> joining us from capitol hill. what is the purpose of this senate internet sales tax bill? >> the legislation state require that online retailers charge sales tax when consumers make a purchase online. that includes retailers not within their own state. >> who are some of the supporters? why did some say it will level the -- playing field for retailers? >> the big which include retail industry. it's the big restalers -- retailers, walmart, amazon.com, which is an online retailer. they said brick and mortar are at the disadvantage. they have to charge the sales tax with the online retailers don't. consumers are technically are supposed to pay the taxes on the tax return, but studies show that most don't. so in effect online goods get that 6 to 10% on average discount. >> what about the opponents
how do we do the deficit reconstruction. how do we do the tough stuff. let level the playing field, let's make this responsive to the main stream businesses every day. struggle and simply asking for justice. they're simply asking for equity. i yield the floor. >>> joining us from capitol hill. what is the purpose of this senate internet sales tax bill? >> the legislation state require that online retailers charge sales tax when consumers make a purchase online. that includes...
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reducing our deficit and a balanced way and as before the plan that would do that and would eliminate the sequester in the process. when it comes to these delays, though, congress passed an act in order to avoid these delays. >> the fact you are not asking for the ability to prioritize spending under the faa suggests -- >> what i am saying -- >> you want to sequester to inflect -- >> since we did everything we could to avert the sequester and unfortunately republicans decided as a political matter that it was a home-run for them to end like this upon the american people, i think that suggestion just as not hold wrote to buy water. secondly, the faa did take all the action it could under lots of produce the savings and avoid furloughs up until this point where because of the nature of the budget and the personnel had the nature of their operations, furloughs are the only option available to the faa at this time. now, again, if congress wants to address this matter then they should act, but this is something that only by law congress can do. [inaudible question] cheeks. [inaudible quest
reducing our deficit and a balanced way and as before the plan that would do that and would eliminate the sequester in the process. when it comes to these delays, though, congress passed an act in order to avoid these delays. >> the fact you are not asking for the ability to prioritize spending under the faa suggests -- >> what i am saying -- >> you want to sequester to inflect -- >> since we did everything we could to avert the sequester and unfortunately republicans...
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raise it to 70, and you fix two-thirds of the social security deficit. you can fix the remaining third by means testing the benefits. i thought that there'd be bipartisan support for that because the president has occasionally said he's for entitlement reform, but he, i think, has not shown much leadership on this. seems to be inching more towards it, but i had a meeting with him back when we used to have 47 republican senators, we sat down around a table like this with he and the vice president. this was probably a year and a half ago. and i told him precisely that, that i think we should be able to get people on pote sides of the equation -- on both sides of the equation just to, essentially, fix social security. medicare's a more difficult problem. it's $35-40 billion short, and these are problems that drive your deficit. everybody here knows this. two-thirds of the budget is entitlements. to we have another -- so we have another bill that fixes medicare. it's $35-40 trillion on the whole we do the same thing. we age the -- raise the age grawjally, we
raise it to 70, and you fix two-thirds of the social security deficit. you can fix the remaining third by means testing the benefits. i thought that there'd be bipartisan support for that because the president has occasionally said he's for entitlement reform, but he, i think, has not shown much leadership on this. seems to be inching more towards it, but i had a meeting with him back when we used to have 47 republican senators, we sat down around a table like this with he and the vice...
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but with regards to deficits, adding to the deficit and the debt, this current budget being proposed by the president 40 ually -- deficit of $7 billion and still a big number about half of what it was in the depths of the great recession. it gives us an opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that showed 3% g.d.p. that is good news. but the economy is in recovery and still have a ways to go and never give up on trying to improve the economy and reduce the deficit. host: thank you for talking to our viewers this morning. appreciate it. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the f.b.i. briefed the house intelligence committee about the boston marathon bombings. intelligence committee member adam schiff joins us to discuss the terror attack in boston. congressman steve king on the boston bombing and efforts to change the nation's immigration laws and more about immigration and how refugees can gain asylum in the u.s. "w
but with regards to deficits, adding to the deficit and the debt, this current budget being proposed by the president 40 ually -- deficit of $7 billion and still a big number about half of what it was in the depths of the great recession. it gives us an opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that showed 3% g.d.p. that is good news. but the economy is in recovery and still have a ways to go and never...
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year to year deficit is coming down. it gives opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that show about a 3% gdp. that is good news. the economy is in recovery. we so have a ways to go and we should never give up on trying to improve the economy and reduce the deficit. host: rick larsen, democrat from washington, thank you, sir. guest: you're welcome. the: coming up next, headline is "big money, big money, talking about the economics of the mississippi river." [no audio] is that the public defenders job is that it is dependent on their approval. how faster the process cases? how quickly do they get to the docket gecko -- docket gecko -- docket? so they will want a public defender that does their bidding. in new orleans, for a long time, the system was at one public defender was assigned to one courtroom and the same judge. so they were always arguing before the same judge. the problem with that is that they were then kind of tradin
year to year deficit is coming down. it gives opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that show about a 3% gdp. that is good news. the economy is in recovery. we so have a ways to go and we should never give up on trying to improve the economy and reduce the deficit. host: rick larsen, democrat from washington, thank you, sir. guest: you're welcome. the: coming up next, headline is "big money, big...
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the federal deficit is at more than $1 trillion. a senior director of the bipartisan policy center said the debt has been accumulating so much the economy is at high risk. >> our debt is a percentage of g.d.p. in the last 30 or 40 years it's been less than 40%. it's only in recent years we've seen a decline. we are in dangerous territory. >> debra sullivan of the bloomberg view blames the shell-shocked u.s. economy. >> they say it's continuing to expand because of job loss, causing more spending on aid programs. >> we had large deficits for four years because we have low revenues as people don't have jobs, or they're getting paid less. but also we have these mandatory spending programs which go on auto pilot. unemployment, food stamps, medicaid, they spend more when he economy is bad. >> i think that the underlying issue of the financial crisis have not been fixed at all. indeed there's no easy fix. >> there are fix to consider. >> if we want to lift the cloud of deficits hanging over our country, we won't solve the problem of fisca
the federal deficit is at more than $1 trillion. a senior director of the bipartisan policy center said the debt has been accumulating so much the economy is at high risk. >> our debt is a percentage of g.d.p. in the last 30 or 40 years it's been less than 40%. it's only in recent years we've seen a decline. we are in dangerous territory. >> debra sullivan of the bloomberg view blames the shell-shocked u.s. economy. >> they say it's continuing to expand because of job loss,...
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who's cating econmic growth with good jobs, balancing, having aal aancedproach to deficit reduction and strengthen the middle class. as i said, last week our focus in the next little while will be on guns and budget, talked about budget. i will be joined by my colleague, congressman mike thompson of california. congressman thompson is a vietnam vet, a wounded vietnam vet. he is a gun owner, hunter. is the head of our task force on gun violence prevention, and he is a co-author of the bipartisan bill in the house with peter king. to put forth a manchin-toomey compromise that failed, so sadly, in the senate last night. we are so disappointed. our sorrow was expressed so appropriately by president obama last night that i invited mike to join us here to tell you where we go from here and to answer the question that people are saying what can we do to change this. mike, would you speak -- thank you for your leadership. >> thank you, leader pelosi. it's a pleasure and honor to join you, to talk about and to answer any questions that you guys may have on gun violence prevention. -manchin amend
who's cating econmic growth with good jobs, balancing, having aal aancedproach to deficit reduction and strengthen the middle class. as i said, last week our focus in the next little while will be on guns and budget, talked about budget. i will be joined by my colleague, congressman mike thompson of california. congressman thompson is a vietnam vet, a wounded vietnam vet. he is a gun owner, hunter. is the head of our task force on gun violence prevention, and he is a co-author of the bipartisan...
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look, economics are fiscal situation, the deficit, the budget, are all threats to the security. there's a lot of physical seen and unseen threats out there that perhaps are different even from when admiral mullen made that comment. i align myself with the economic piece of it. there are just groups out there that threaten us. ? 0. >> thank you. it is important for us, i think to remember the president's budget despite proposing significant tax increases would still contemplate adding $12.db $2.5 trillion head by the total public. .. >> future years covered by the budget control act. will we continue to see budget that is ignore provisions, ignore the sequester provisions? can you expect budgets like that to be sent to congress that don't reflect the law? secretary hagel? >> the fy15 budget we'll present
look, economics are fiscal situation, the deficit, the budget, are all threats to the security. there's a lot of physical seen and unseen threats out there that perhaps are different even from when admiral mullen made that comment. i align myself with the economic piece of it. there are just groups out there that threaten us. ? 0. >> thank you. it is important for us, i think to remember the president's budget despite proposing significant tax increases would still contemplate adding...
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but congress has the power to rreverse these self-inflicted wounds without adding one penny to the deficit. we've provided money, the money is there, we haven't spent it, we don't need to. we can use the savings from wrapping up two wars to avoid the full brunt of the sequester's arbitrary cuts. the congressional budget office said that would score; that money is available, it is money we could use. funding for the operation in ir a afgan has in alled overseas contin yeype account. since the worst of the seq cuts are creating an emergency situation, we should consider using thighs funds to offset their impact. these really are emergencies and we should do it. i am not proposing we use them to offset the entire sequester but congress has the power to avert the most painful sequester cuts using these mexico. 28 republicans in the senate and 174 republicans in the house would impose these sequester haphazard cuts. if those same republicans work with democrats, we could act to protect families and businesses and ensure our national defense and save millions of americans hours waiting at the ai
but congress has the power to rreverse these self-inflicted wounds without adding one penny to the deficit. we've provided money, the money is there, we haven't spent it, we don't need to. we can use the savings from wrapping up two wars to avoid the full brunt of the sequester's arbitrary cuts. the congressional budget office said that would score; that money is available, it is money we could use. funding for the operation in ir a afgan has in alled overseas contin yeype account. since the...
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it drives the sided search for a piece deficit that i don't think exists. we went to that in the '90s. to undermine the readiness and capabilities to get the arsenal and they are expanding. we should be expanding hours. but to have a significant impact of the capabilities to reach the intelligence community just in time when we need it the most. to be asked about the effects of sequestration of the intelligence community and i have quoted you several times on this and it is very profound. olmec we're cutting real capability and accepting greater risk for intelligence shorter hours for public parks or longer lines at the airports for intelligence it is insidious. the capability you don't know about that until you notice that. you'll notice ny when we have the same" end quote. and i think that is the belief and the reasonthat is in the military is super bear to deal with threats around the world has the intelligence community uses capability.we are making us lese and i look to our witnesses how the current budget cuts accurately assess these threats especiall
it drives the sided search for a piece deficit that i don't think exists. we went to that in the '90s. to undermine the readiness and capabilities to get the arsenal and they are expanding. we should be expanding hours. but to have a significant impact of the capabilities to reach the intelligence community just in time when we need it the most. to be asked about the effects of sequestration of the intelligence community and i have quoted you several times on this and it is very profound. olmec...
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>> yes. >> it was prioritization and obama was going to cut the deficit in half his first term. he was going to cut the deficit in half in his first term. >> and it will be in half by the fifth year. we've been through this. it wasn't four years it was five years. >> we got to roll. austin, good to see you. coming up top, a u.n. rights official said u.s. foreign policy is actually to blame for the boston marathon bombing. really? those details next. rancisco. google's backyard for the bing it on challenge. [fight bell: ding, ding] what's your preferred search engine? search engine, uhh, probably google. if we do a side by side blind test comparison, and you end up choosing google, you get an xbox. i'll bet you the xbox, you bet me your son. well let's look up what you need. okay, i would do the left. yeah? what?! i am a daddy! bing wins it! bing won. bing did win. people prefer bing over google for the web's top searches. don't believe it? go to bingiton.com and see what you're missing. @ (announcer) at scottrade, our cexactly how they want.t with scottrade's online banking
>> yes. >> it was prioritization and obama was going to cut the deficit in half his first term. he was going to cut the deficit in half in his first term. >> and it will be in half by the fifth year. we've been through this. it wasn't four years it was five years. >> we got to roll. austin, good to see you. coming up top, a u.n. rights official said u.s. foreign policy is actually to blame for the boston marathon bombing. really? those details next. rancisco. google's...
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>> yes. >> it was prioritization and obama was going to cut the deficit in half his first term. he was going to cut the deficit in half in his first term. >> and it will be in half by the fifth year. we've been through this. it wasn't four years it was five years. >> we got to roll. austin, good to see you. coming up top, a u.n. rights official said u.s. foreign policy is actually to blame for the boston marathon bombing. really? those details next. both maxwell and ted have hail damage to their cars. ted is trying to get a hold of his insurance agent. maxwell is not. he's on geico.com setting up an appointment with an adjuster. ted is now on hold with his insurance company. maxwell is not and just confirmed a 5:30 time for tuesday. ted, is still waiting. yes! maxwell is out and about... with ted's now ex-girlfriend. wheeeee! whoo! later ted! online claims appointments. just a click away on geico.com. [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ge has wired their medical hardware with innovative software to be in many places at the sa
>> yes. >> it was prioritization and obama was going to cut the deficit in half his first term. he was going to cut the deficit in half in his first term. >> and it will be in half by the fifth year. we've been through this. it wasn't four years it was five years. >> we got to roll. austin, good to see you. coming up top, a u.n. rights official said u.s. foreign policy is actually to blame for the boston marathon bombing. really? those details next. both maxwell and ted...
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we can develop such a bipartisan plan perhaps in a so-called grand bargain we could devise a balance deficit reduction package for one year that avoids sequestration in fy 2014. we simply cannot continue to ignore the effect of sequestration. sequestration will have a major impact on military personnel. though the pay of military personnel has been exempted, the sequester would reduce military readiness in the services for the troops including schools for military children, family support programs and transition assistance programs and mental health and other counseling programs. the president's budget request continues a major drawdown of active duty and reserve strength. we have in recent years given the department numinous force shaping authorities to allow it to reduce its strength in a responsible way ensuring that the services maintain the proper force mix and avoiding grade and occupational disparities, all of which have long term affect. if sequestration continues, the result would be ore pripitous foe structe that is ou of t the requirements of our defense strategy. sequestration ha
we can develop such a bipartisan plan perhaps in a so-called grand bargain we could devise a balance deficit reduction package for one year that avoids sequestration in fy 2014. we simply cannot continue to ignore the effect of sequestration. sequestration will have a major impact on military personnel. though the pay of military personnel has been exempted, the sequester would reduce military readiness in the services for the troops including schools for military children, family support...
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as we tackle that deficit and debt. that said, when we had the payroll tax decreases during the deepest days of our recession, the government did obligate itself to make up for the shortfall in the payroll tax .evenues and yes, that will come from other funds, other taxpayer funds. host: this is "washington journal," and we have been talking with tammy baldwin on a first-term senator from wisconsin. please come back. guest: thank you. really appreciate it. host: the house is coming in at 10:00 a.m. we will open the phones. we have put a lot of topics on the table. we will take your phone calls on issues we have been discussing today. first, we will get this news update from c-span radio. >> 9:20 a.m. eastern time. the number of americans seeking unemployment benefits increased i 4000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 352,000. the level is consistent with solid hiring and suggests the job market should rebound this month after slowing sharply in march. the labor department says the four-week average, a less volatile mea
as we tackle that deficit and debt. that said, when we had the payroll tax decreases during the deepest days of our recession, the government did obligate itself to make up for the shortfall in the payroll tax .evenues and yes, that will come from other funds, other taxpayer funds. host: this is "washington journal," and we have been talking with tammy baldwin on a first-term senator from wisconsin. please come back. guest: thank you. really appreciate it. host: the house is coming in...
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for the meantime as our european countries wrestle with their budget deficits and slash their military spending it's becoming harder for nato to stay afloat now the alliance is top officer has slammed the e.u. allies for quote getting a free ride and while leaving the u.s. to bear the burden of the defense finances now crisis hit nato states have already chopped more than forty five billion dollars from the alliance is treasury that's the equivalent of germany's entire annual military budget now the number of european troops in the u.s. led bloc though has also plummeted from two point five million in two thousand now to one point eight six million and while the u.s. is also trimming its own military costs its share of the budget has still risen to seventy five percent of the total and as artists are silly reports from brussels concerns over nato's viability continue to grow. the nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen had actually come out and warned its partners against the danger of more defense spending cuts as we've already seen especially from its european partners so this o
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this bill doesn't solve our debt or deficit problems. i'm the first to admit that, but what this family does, it eases some of the hardships on our moms and dads in the work force and i'm really thrilled to be the current author of this bill. it has a long history. i'm excited about taking it to the floor in two weeks. again, mr. speaker, for those who want to know more in night's discussion it is #makinglifework and want to hear from americans who are affected and look forward to addressing those throughout the hour this evening. joining me tonight, i have the ntlelady from washington and the gentleman from ohio. and i would like to open this open. you know currently serve on the energy and commerce committee and you have a couple of topics, but let's talk about making life work for american families when t comes to energy. >> i thank you for appealing to the american people so we can hear from them and have conversations with people who are struggling to make ends meet and make our economy work and define those things that are going to
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our deficit is going down. we need to determine what revenue that we can increase in order to pay our bills, provide for the basic necessities of this nation. not only is the tragedy in boston one of human life, but it is a disaster that will require federal emergency management aid just as our continued friends in the southeast and northeast are still suffering from hurricane sandy and the atrocity of this house cannot provide them with resources for 65 days. i believe that it is time for the american people to know that we do care. in order to care you need to have. budget conferees to go through the budget process and begin to pass elements of the president's budget that speaks to the heart and mind, mr. speaker, of the needs of the american people. i conclude by offering, again, my deepest sympathy and promise to those who suffer that america and its congress must stand up and respond to your needs. i am ready to do so as my colleagues are. we should do it now. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the cha
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as we tackle that deficit and . at said, when we hadpayroll tada deepesys of our rece the government did obligate itself to make up for the shortfall in the payroll tax revenues. and yes, that will come from other funds, other taxpayer funds. host: this is "washington journal," and we have been talking with tammy baldwin on a first-term senator from wisconsin. please come back. guest: thank you. really appreciate it. >> when the war began, congress came into session and july. it issued a statement that articulated the consensus war goals of the united states. it was very simple. very clear. the purpose of this war is to restore the union. to disrupt the social institutions of the south. and everybody knew what that meant. it meant not to disrupt slavery. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> saturday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span three. at the capitol today, cabinet secretaries and othersteng b qu, janet napolitano testified for a second
as we tackle that deficit and . at said, when we hadpayroll tada deepesys of our rece the government did obligate itself to make up for the shortfall in the payroll tax revenues. and yes, that will come from other funds, other taxpayer funds. host: this is "washington journal," and we have been talking with tammy baldwin on a first-term senator from wisconsin. please come back. guest: thank you. really appreciate it. >> when the war began, congress came into session and july. it...
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because you know for two years now you've been talking about debt and deficit spending. and in this sense it all ties back together. >> well, what's driving our spending and driving our debt is the fact that there are 10,000 baby boomers like me retiring every day. 70,000 this week. 3.5 million this year. social security, medicare, there is no money there in those fund. it has all been spent. people are living longer, accessing medicaid. so the real drivers of the debt primarily are our big entitlement programs that won't survive in their current form unless we make some changes. so it has got, it really has nothing to do with what we call the discretionary spending pot. bill: understood. homeland security spending is not touched? >> we have the sequester because the president won't get serious about solving our big spending problem. he insisted on the sequester. they may have an impact but i don't believe that it's going to affect our counter terrorism activities or affect the ability to protect the american people. bill: what about the immigration debate? there's a lot
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in india, for example, india is suffering from massive current account deficit problem. what they have done is, they have removed the incentives to loan money to buy gold because that wouldean selling the currency while importing more gold. melissa: okay. let me,appening onon, let me stop you there. steven, we're supposed to be talking about oil and we're not. that is very telling because gold is at the forefront of everyone's mind in this breakdown really seems to be something significant to a lot of people and a lot of investor we saw the first segment we did as well. they wanted to talk about gold. if gold breaks down, steven, what happens from there? what does that mean to you? what doe it mean for oil? what does it mean for stocks, the rest of the economy? >> at this point from an economic standpoint it means further weakness because we're not prying in any inflation right now and seems to be the further. to his point with regard to cyprus selling potentially eece, who knows, maybe even italy, this is a poor inditor for future growth. now when you look at how many p
in india, for example, india is suffering from massive current account deficit problem. what they have done is, they have removed the incentives to loan money to buy gold because that wouldean selling the currency while importing more gold. melissa: okay. let me,appening onon, let me stop you there. steven, we're supposed to be talking about oil and we're not. that is very telling because gold is at the forefront of everyone's mind in this breakdown really seems to be something significant to a...
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he found the deficit ceiling will come down for trillions of dollars. his study found $2.5 trillion because when people become legalized, they will start paying taxes and they'll also have to pay back taxes, fines and fees through part of this immigration system. so that means they're not going to be coughing -- costing taxpayers money to go through this process and as many economists believe will raise the quality of life. host: the senate judiciary committee takes up the immigration bill this morning. c-span 1 will have that live. you'll also find that on our website. rebecca kaplan is a staff writer at in the national journal. it includes covering the campaign looking at the republican side of things. she worked on that and she also has covered the white house, as part of national journal's team and now she's looking at congress. one of the aspects of congress you're looking at is the house. here's a recent headline of her story. forget working groups, t house juciar is moving immigration ontswn what's happening in the house? >> the chairman is actua
he found the deficit ceiling will come down for trillions of dollars. his study found $2.5 trillion because when people become legalized, they will start paying taxes and they'll also have to pay back taxes, fines and fees through part of this immigration system. so that means they're not going to be coughing -- costing taxpayers money to go through this process and as many economists believe will raise the quality of life. host: the senate judiciary committee takes up the immigration bill this...
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well as european countries wrestle with their budget deficits and slash military spending it's becoming harder for nato to stay fiscally sound the alliance is top officer has slammed the e.u. allies for getting a free ride with the u.s. left to bear the brunt of defense finances crisis hit nato states have already charred more than forty five billion from the alliance treasury the equivalent of germany's whole military budget the number of european troops in the u.s. led bloc has also dropped from two and a half million in two thousand to one point eight six million now and one of us is also trimming its military cos its share of the budget still seventy five percent of the total. reports from brussels concern over nato as future could be growing. the nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen had actually come out and warned its partners against the danger of more defense spending cuts as we've already seen especially from its european partners this opinion was also echoed by the former u.s. defense secretary robert gates he said that if this trend does continue to be alliance it cou
well as european countries wrestle with their budget deficits and slash military spending it's becoming harder for nato to stay fiscally sound the alliance is top officer has slammed the e.u. allies for getting a free ride with the u.s. left to bear the brunt of defense finances crisis hit nato states have already charred more than forty five billion from the alliance treasury the equivalent of germany's whole military budget the number of european troops in the u.s. led bloc has also dropped...
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-- rein in our deficit. our secretary seems to have taken this message to heart. identifying some $1.3 billion in cost savings this year and more than $4 billion since 2009 and continues to move to a risk-based approach, an effort to save more money. but to do so in a smart way. i'm happy to see in this budget proposes a much-needed increase for cybersecurity which will help the department fulfill its significant cyberresponsibilities. passing legislation to compliment the president's executive order and address the cyberthreat is one of our highest priorities. i also welcome the administration's continued commitment to securing our nation's borders by maintaining staffing for the border patrol its ath its current historic levels and adding more than 3,400 protection officers to staff our ports of entry. these critical resources are paid for in part with modest fee increases. during my recent trips to our borders in arizona, where secretary napolitano, senator mccaul nd congresswoman joined me, i've been and
-- rein in our deficit. our secretary seems to have taken this message to heart. identifying some $1.3 billion in cost savings this year and more than $4 billion since 2009 and continues to move to a risk-based approach, an effort to save more money. but to do so in a smart way. i'm happy to see in this budget proposes a much-needed increase for cybersecurity which will help the department fulfill its significant cyberresponsibilities. passing legislation to compliment the president's executive...
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reduce our deficit while making investments necessary to have our economy grow and create jobs, protect the middle class and seniors. the president has engaged in a process with lawmakers were he is trying to find common ground to see if common ground exists. he has put forward a plan that would do that and would eliminate the sequestered in the process. when it comes to these delays, congress has to act in order to reverse these delays. >> you are not asking for the ability to prioritize spending -- >> since we did everything we could to avert the sequester and republicans decided as a political matter that it was a home run for them to inflict this upon the american people, i think that suggestion does not hold water. secondly, the faa did take action to produce savings and avoid furloughs. because of the nature of their budget, and the personnel have the nature of their operation, furloughs are the only option available at this time. if congress wants to address this matter of, they should act, but this is something that only congress can do. tell us what the administration is doing
reduce our deficit while making investments necessary to have our economy grow and create jobs, protect the middle class and seniors. the president has engaged in a process with lawmakers were he is trying to find common ground to see if common ground exists. he has put forward a plan that would do that and would eliminate the sequestered in the process. when it comes to these delays, congress has to act in order to reverse these delays. >> you are not asking for the ability to prioritize...
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of time that accomplishes the same deficit reduction without hurting the economy. i've tried to offer that proposal for an up or down vote four times this year and have not even had the ability to get a vote on that, andrea. >> mitch mcconnell said today, this is all because of the poor planning of the administration. your take on it? >> well, you've got now republicans who just a few weeks ago were cheering on the idea of a sequester. and saying that we had to make these very deep, immediate cuts, on top by the way. of cuts that we already made two years ago. very deep cuts, but cuts that are manageable. but our republican colleagues said we got to keep the sequester in place, their budget calls for a doubling of the sequester cuts in the areas of the budget we're talking about. the faa, the fbi, national institutes of health. the best way that mitch mcconnell and republicans can help us deal with this, is to support our legislation that would replace the sequester in a balanced and targeted way. >> we all hear about budget cuts and maybe some jurisdictions are bl
of time that accomplishes the same deficit reduction without hurting the economy. i've tried to offer that proposal for an up or down vote four times this year and have not even had the ability to get a vote on that, andrea. >> mitch mcconnell said today, this is all because of the poor planning of the administration. your take on it? >> well, you've got now republicans who just a few weeks ago were cheering on the idea of a sequester. and saying that we had to make these very deep,...
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little bit and putting it on hold, we have a bigger issue on immigration in front of us and it's our deficit. we have a broken system that needs to be reformed. i'm afraid we'll rush through some judgments related to immigration and how it's processed. >> george, with respect, i think that as bad an idea as calling this enemy combatant. we have 100% rate of prosecuting terrorists. i think that's the bad idea on the senator mccain. i think the idea of delaying immigration reform, if you ask involved in immigration, this is a horrible idea to take this isolated, horrible, evil incident and make it stand for a larger politics and put immigration reform, put the brakes on that. >> congressman? >> it's not the right thing to do. we're a nation of immigrants. i trust our government. we vet people up and down. we review policies every day. but to put it on hold is not in >> i agree with the congressman. they'll deal with 11 million, 12 million people in this country who are still living in the shadows. we need to integrate all americans in society. we want to main stream them. i think we should mov
little bit and putting it on hold, we have a bigger issue on immigration in front of us and it's our deficit. we have a broken system that needs to be reformed. i'm afraid we'll rush through some judgments related to immigration and how it's processed. >> george, with respect, i think that as bad an idea as calling this enemy combatant. we have 100% rate of prosecuting terrorists. i think that's the bad idea on the senator mccain. i think the idea of delaying immigration reform, if you...
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doesn't help us with our trade deficit with china. doesn't help us export more grain to russia. $168 billion we ask american taxpayers to dig into their pocket and pay for the pleasure of paying nair income taxes. more -- their income taxes. more and more americans, mr. speaker, find they can't do their own taxes, that they have to go to a professional tax preparer. i don't mind paying my taxes. i think i'm getting my money's worth. america is a great country. but to help somebody help me pay the taxes makes me angry and it's wrong. it's wrong. you know, i look at what's happened in those former soviet block countries, mr. speaker. you know, those former soviet block countries have all moved to flat taxes? what they found is when they have high tax rates and very difficult to comply with, folks just didn't pay their taxes at all. but when they lowered that rate, made it flat, applied it across a broad base, folks began to voluntarily emit -- remit their taxes. it's not rocket science. it's what we've seen in example after example afte
doesn't help us with our trade deficit with china. doesn't help us export more grain to russia. $168 billion we ask american taxpayers to dig into their pocket and pay for the pleasure of paying nair income taxes. more -- their income taxes. more and more americans, mr. speaker, find they can't do their own taxes, that they have to go to a professional tax preparer. i don't mind paying my taxes. i think i'm getting my money's worth. america is a great country. but to help somebody help me pay...
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and at the same time deficits go up more people want employed so war and poverty seem to go together and peace and prosperity comes together which is why i'm so happy to be part of this effort and continue to work outside the congress to run and i work together to create inside the congress so more of a you hear him talking about the economics of this you hear him talking about how money and war peace and problem in pop prosperity are often tied with one another and that is something that he says that we can actually start to prevent war and speak against war by auditing the fed and doing things like that ok so a lot of really lofty goals here in baghdad how talk to me about how this institution is different from other thing takes out there there are a lot of things that they say that they are working on they're not only going to be putting out calling as an analysis and things like that well as i mentioned they're also going to be doing this index ranking people on their piece now congressman paul obviously has a lot of current and former lawmakers that are supporting his cause repr
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call it an obsession with the deficit or demand for austerity that's been coming from all quarters of the republican party since 2008. >> we can't continue to spend money we don't have. >> we can't just keep spending money we don't have. >> it's time to cut spending. >> unfortunately, the facts do not support their thesis. there is now a chorus of commentators, businessowners and corporate titans, who all accept that taking chunks out of an already melancholic economy will do nothing but sustain the misery. an individual who runs the world's largest bond fund said this in an interview. "the uk and almost all of europe have erred in terms of believing austerity, fiscal austerity in the short term is the way to produce real growth. it is not. you've got to spend money." yet, despite this expert opinion, the republican party led by chairman reince priebus launched a twitter campaign yesterday attempting to blame the president for a policy that they, themselves, absolutely adore. it was pegged to the increasing impact of sequestration on domestic air travel. and produced the laughable cla
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with the president about the economic crisis, he was quick to compare mathematically the size of the deficit to the point in which -- a way in which he said it wasn't that much worse than during ronald reagan's period. so he's sensitive. >> david, let me ask you this. i noticed that former president bush is going up in popularity. it was -- he was at in a poll 23% in october 2008. now he's up to 47%. now, is that because people haven't seen him a lot? >> yeah. >> does absence make the heart grow fonder here? >> yeah. his popularity went up when he disappeared and started doing pictures and portraits of dogs and himself taking a shower. >> you wrote the book reminding everyone of president bush as he provided over the country. >> you know, you know this, reverend al. history is always a fight. it's always a struggle. we go back and forth. and, you know, bush was probably good pr advice. pretty despised when you left the presidential office. a majority of americans actually believed he had lied the country into the war in iraq. not just that it was a mistake, but he purposely said things that
with the president about the economic crisis, he was quick to compare mathematically the size of the deficit to the point in which -- a way in which he said it wasn't that much worse than during ronald reagan's period. so he's sensitive. >> david, let me ask you this. i noticed that former president bush is going up in popularity. it was -- he was at in a poll 23% in october 2008. now he's up to 47%. now, is that because people haven't seen him a lot? >> yeah. >> does absence...
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targeted temporary policies, have an infrastructure, a tax credit, spend, don't worry about deficits. you know, have a plan for tax reform, the spending programs, ensure the debt's not going to explode. be cognizant regulations have benefits, but costly as well, and just say we're committed to growing over the long term, not for this month or in this bill, not when we think of it between other events. have that commitment. >> douglas holtz-eakin, thank you. >> thank you. >> doug has a long term plan, that's for sure. >> breaking news with boeing. the head. faa says they completed all tests and analysis of the redesigned 787 batteries. they hoped to get the commercial fleet back in the air this month. that seems to be, if accurate, seems to be a step in the right direction. >> we'll see. breaking news now in oil, closing up one penny at $88.72 a barrel. today's slight gain snaps a three day slide for oil. >> gold rebounds from the biggest one-day drop in more than three decades. is now the time to get in or get out? we got the answer. >> as we do every day at this time of the day, look
targeted temporary policies, have an infrastructure, a tax credit, spend, don't worry about deficits. you know, have a plan for tax reform, the spending programs, ensure the debt's not going to explode. be cognizant regulations have benefits, but costly as well, and just say we're committed to growing over the long term, not for this month or in this bill, not when we think of it between other events. have that commitment. >> douglas holtz-eakin, thank you. >> thank you. >>...
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sorry, deficit-neutral. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> and it update on the manhunt for the suspect in the boston marathon bombings, overnight his brother was killed, also in mit officer was killed in a shootout. the younger brother is on the loose. and lockdown in the boston area. they were last seen in the water to an area just outside boston. and in his cover the short while ago, the police said the boston area continues on lockdown as they go house to house. they also plan -- a controlled explosion at a house in cambridge, massachusetts, some timeay. amtrak is suspending service between new york and boston. senior democrat associated press as on the house intelligence committeeay the to the st ng suspects had before they confronted police., there was a briefing earlier today. across our networks, we will keep you posted with the latest news and updates. we continue in about an hour in 10 minutes we will take you live to the state department. john kerry, whose brief this morning at the white house on the boston investigat
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i have a record of wanting to do deficit reduction. we are grappling with these at the stateoo department. as part of the budget, we will help cut our deficit responsibly while investing in areas that attract economic growth and create jobs for americans and secure our national interest. budget request of represents a six percent reduction from 2012 fudnding levels. we have examined our request with a clear determination to improve efficiency. given limited reforms and reduce costs -- we have implemented reforms and reduce cost. we deliver the maximum bang for the minimal manager of our citizens dollars. about one penny for our national security and global interests out of every dollar. you may give you examples of the kind of work you're doing to make the world safer. with just over $3.5 million, the bureau conflict and stabilization operations made investments leading up to the recent elections in kenya. i know that helped to prevent a repeat of the violence we saw five years ago it also provided accountability to concededodingd odin
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he found the deficit ceiling will come down for trillions of dollars. his study found $2.5 trillion because when people become legalized, they will start paying taxes and they'll also have to pay back taxes, fines and fees through part of this immigration system. so that means they're not going to be coughing -- costing taxpayers money to go through this process and as many economists believe will raise the quality of life. host: the senate judiciary committee takes up the immigration bill this morning. c-span 1 will have that live. you'll also find that on our website. rebecca kaplan is a staff writer at in the national journal. it includes covering the campaign looking at the republican side of things. she worked on that and she also has covered the white house, as part of national journal's team and now she's looking at congress. one of the aspects of congress you're looking at is the house. here's a recent headline of her story. forget working groups, the house judiciary is moving immigration on its own. what's happening in the house? >> the chairma
he found the deficit ceiling will come down for trillions of dollars. his study found $2.5 trillion because when people become legalized, they will start paying taxes and they'll also have to pay back taxes, fines and fees through part of this immigration system. so that means they're not going to be coughing -- costing taxpayers money to go through this process and as many economists believe will raise the quality of life. host: the senate judiciary committee takes up the immigration bill this...
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these cuts are part of a balanced budget of deficit reduction. these cuts are backloaded, occurring mainly in the years beyond f.y. 2018, which gives the department time to plan and implement the reductions wisely and responsibly, anchored by the president's defense strategic guidance. let me turn to the details of the president's budget request. $526.6 billion budget request addresses the compelling demands of supporting troops in afghanistan, protecting readiness, modernizing the military's weapons inventory and in keeping with the president's strategic guidance and sustaining the quality of the all-volunteer force. today's budget request contains a placeholder request, mr. chairman, for overseas contingency at the f.y. 2013 vel, and the submission does not include a formal request because afghanistan force levels and deployment decisions for this year were delayed in order to provide commanders enough time to fully assess requirements. we will be smithing a budget with the -- submitting a budget and account level detail. the base budget contin
these cuts are part of a balanced budget of deficit reduction. these cuts are backloaded, occurring mainly in the years beyond f.y. 2018, which gives the department time to plan and implement the reductions wisely and responsibly, anchored by the president's defense strategic guidance. let me turn to the details of the president's budget request. $526.6 billion budget request addresses the compelling demands of supporting troops in afghanistan, protecting readiness, modernizing the military's...